Michel Suleiman

Article's topics: Saad Hariri, Hizbullah, Lebanon, Michel Suleiman UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Lebanon's new national unity government to fully implement Security Council Resolution 1701, which calls for the disarmament of...

In this article: Hizbullah, Saad Hariri, Ban Ki-moon, Lebanon, UN, Beirut, Al Jazeera, and Rafik Hariri

...the general election. Fifteen ministers are from Mr Hariri's majority coalition, while five were nominated by President Michel Suleiman. The remaining 10 ministers are from the opposition, including two members of the Islamist group...

In this article: Hezbollah, Lebanon, Michel Aoun, Damascus, Security Council, Ban Ki-moon, and UN

...the government of national concord has been born," Hariri told reporters after agreeing the cabinet at a meeting with President Michel Suleiman at the presidential palace in Baabda on the outskirts of Beirut. "We have turned a page that we...

In this article: Saad al-Hariri, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Bernard Kouchner, United Nations Security Council, Ban Ki-moon, and Damascus

...line-up includes 15 ministers from Hariri's bloc and 10 from the opposition. The remaining five ministers were appointed by President Michel Sleiman, including the holders of the key interior and defence portfolios. Shiite militant group...

In this article: Saad Hariri, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Michel Sleiman, Michel Aoun, Rafiq Hariri, Washington, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Israel

...sides accepted a formula of 15 portfolios for the March 14 coalition, 10 for the opposition, and five to be appointed by President Michel Suleiman. The key issue then became the identity of the ministers to be appointed by the president. If...

In this article: Hizbullah, Saad Hariri, Lebanon, Michel Aoun, Israel, Paralysis, UN, and Beirut

...cabinet seats in the next government and the Hezbollah-led minority 10 seats. Five other seats were to be filled by President Michel Suleiman, who is seen as a neutral figure. But they have been unable to agree on what posts each group will...

In this article: Hezbollah, Rafiq Hariri, Lebanon, Syria, Hassan Nasrallah, United Nations, Beirut, and Saudi Arabia

...including two Hezbollah ministers, and five, including the key interior and defense portfolios, will be nominated by President Michel Suleiman. Incumbents Ziad Baroud and Elias al-Murr, loyal to the president, are set to keep their...

In this article: Hezbollah, Michel Aoun, Lebanon, Free Patriotic Movement, and Saad al-Hariri

...15 seats in the next government and the Hezbollah-led minority 10 seats, with five other seats to be filled by President Michel Suleiman, who is seen as a neutral figure. </p><p>Since then they had not been able to agree on what posts...

In this article: Lebanon, Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, Saudi Arabia, and Syria

Baroud, a rising Maronite politician who was appointed interior minister in 2008 as a representative of Lebanese President Michel Suleiman's bloc, expressed his "determination to continue to uncover espionage networks." The Lebanese...

In this article: Lebanon, Hizbullah, Israel, Ban Ki-moon, and UN